The compendium offers an up-to-date picture of international research on language didactics. The aim is to re-examine the importance of grammar in the university training of future teachers by confronting established assumptions about working with grammar and language instruction in primary schools with newer concepts emerging from linguistic research.

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This volume draws together current studies and research findings from the fields of university research into German grammar and grammar teaching in schools. The contributors outline the relevance of grammatical research in meeting the demands of present-day school German teaching between the requirements of competence in grammar, literature, language and text, and confront established views of grammar teachingin schools with topical problems.